Shubman Gill will be back playing for India at the start of the T20Is against South Africa on Tuesday with head coach Gautam Gambhir confirming that he is "fit and fine and ready to go."

Gill suffered a neck injury last month - understood to involve a pinched nerve - while batting during the Kolkata Test match . He had moved to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru to recover - the initial timeline that the BCCI had drawn up for him involved five weeks of rest before resuming training.

After completing a 2-1 victory over South Africa in the ODIs on Saturday , Gambhir addressed the press saying, "yes, Shubhman is ready to start. That's why he has been selected. And obviously he is fit and fine, hungry to go."

In the absence of Gill, Rishabh Pant had stepped in as captain

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